Weather strip



J. J. BURROUGHS WEATHER STRIP May- 17, 1927,

Filed llarch'Q, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Mama I May 11, 1927. 1,629,017 J. J. BURROUGHS WEATHER STRIP I M Z 4-.

Patented May 17, 1927.

JOHN J. BURROU G-I-LS, OFHOUSTON, TEXAS.

WEATHER STRIP.

Application filed March 9, 1926. Serial No. 93,424.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a weather strip. v

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is specially applicable to window casings for forming a tight joint with the sash but which may be easily released from the sash when it is desired to move the latter. This type of weather strip may also be readily applied to doors, or shutters for forming a tight fit between the door and the adjacent part of the casing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a weather strip capable of general use on windows and doors and which is of sim ple construction and may be cheaply produced and applied and is very e'tlicient in use.

With the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a window with the improved type of weather strip applied thereto.

Figure 2 shows a fragmentary horizontal cross sectional view thereof.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged elevation of the weather strip.

Figure & shows a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a window with the weather strip applied to the window casing.

Figure 5 shows an elevational View of a door, or shutter with the weather strip applied to the bottom thereof, and

Figure 6 shows an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view thereof.

elerring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures the numerals 1, 1 designate the side members of a conventional window casing and the numeral 2 designates the bottom ledge of said casing. Mounted in the casing are the upper and lower sashes 3 and 4-, which are vertically movable in the usual manner. Fastened to the side members 1, 1 are the vertical tracks 5, 5. Across the top of the ledge 2 there is a transverse track 6.

These respective tracks have the grooves 7, 7, and 8, facing the lower sash lin which the actuating bars 9, 9. and 10 respectively, are slidably mounted. These bars carry 25, if desired.

roller bearings 11 which work in notches, as 13, in the corresponding tracks 5 and 6. These notches have the sloping carry as shown and when the corresponding bars 9, 10, are actuated in one direction the rollers will ride, against the opposing sloping faces of the notches 13 and force the aligned strips 14, 14, and 15 againstthe opposing I utilized instead of the housing 17, as shown in Figure 1, all preferably formed of sheet metal and disposed as shown.

The actuating bars 9 may be moved, as above described, by means of the rods of handies 18, 18, which are attached thereto and work through the vertical slots 19, 19, cut through the corresponding tracks 5 and hoods 16 and the transverse actuating bar 10 may be actuated by the rod or handle 20, attached thereto and which works through the slot 21 in the hood 17, or the plate 17 as the case may be.

The strips 145 and 15 may be provided with guide pins 22, if desired, which are secured thereto and work in aligned sockets 23 in the opposing tracks 5 and (3 and the ends of these strips may be connected to the corresponding tracks by means of pull springs 24-, if desired. These springs will positively release said strips from the opposing sash when the actuating bars are moved to permit such release.

The type of weather strip above tltfllt'llbfid may be applied to the lower end of a door, as 4 In such case the lower end of, the door is formed with a transverse groove 26, one side of which is formed by the face plate 27. Within the groove there is secured the track 28, similar in form to the tracks 5 and 6 and the actuating bar 29 similar in form and purpose to the bars 9 and 10, and equipped with the bearing roll- 30 which operate against the weather strip 31 in the manner, hereinbefore explained. The bar 31 is manipulated tlu'ough the rod, or handle 32, attached thereto and working through suitable slots, as 33, in the track28 and the face plate 27. This strip 31 may have a suitable packing strip, as 34, in its lower edge, to form a perfectly tight joint with the foot piece 35 beneath the door.

What I claim is: V v

1. A device of the character described including a track adapted to be carried by the casing of a wall opening and provided with a groove, an actuating bar slidabie in said groove, a weather strip, said track and strip being provided, one with guides and the other with guideways in which the guides work, said track and bar being provided, one with arcuate notches, the corresponding sides of said notches having sloping faces, and the other with rollers which a seated in said notches and adapted to ()pe ate against the sloping faces thereof on one side and the w ath-er strip on the other side, when said actuating bar is moved.

2. A device of the character described in eluding a tract: adapted to be secured to the casing of a wall opening and provided with a groove, an actuating bar v idable in said groove, a weather strip, said track and strip being provided, one with gu des and the other with guideways in which the guides work, said track being provided with ar cuate notches,'the corresponding sides of said notches having sloping faces, rollers carried by said actuating bar and seated in said notches, and adapted to operate against the sloping faces thereof on one side and the weather strip on the other side when said actuating bar is moved, and means for actuating said bar longitudinally in said groove.

3. A device of the character described including a tra el; adapted to be secured to the casing of a wall opening and provided with a groove, an actuating bar slidabl-e'in said groove, a weather strip, said track and strip being provided, one with guides and the other with guideways in which the guides work, said track being provided with arcuate notches, the corresponding sides -of said notches having sloping faces, rollers carried by said actuating bar and seated in said notches and adaptedto operate against the sloping faces thereof on one side and the weather strip on the other side, when said actuating bar is moved and yieldable means normally tending to move'said strip toward said track.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name.

JOHN J. BURROUGHS. 

